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H. A STEARNS.

CARPET LINING.

Patented May 9, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. STEARNS, OF LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND.

CARPET-LINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,527, dated May 9 1882.

Application filed December 22, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. STEARNS, of Lincoln. in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carpet-Lining; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in that class of carpet-lining in which sheets of soft fibrous material are secured to sheets of paper by sewing; and it consists in securing to the upper surface of such lining an open woven fabric and in securing the edges of such lining by lapping the paper over the same, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a view of a strip of carpet-lining consisting of a sheet of paper wider than the carpet-lining, so that the edges may be turned over the upper layer, a layer of yielding fibrous material, a layer of paper as Wide as the carpet-lining placed on top of the fibrous material, and a loosely-woven fabric having open interstices placed on top of the paper, the whole secured'together by sewing. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, showing part of the lining, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a view of a carpetlining consisting of a sheet of paper wider than the carpet-lining, the edges of which are turned over the same, a soft fibrous material the upper side of which is glazed, and a loosewoven fabric, the whole sewed together as shown. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the lining shown in Fig. 3.

Oarpet-linin g consistingof paper and fibrous material-msually loosely-carded cotton-batting--has but little strength, and can be seldom reused when it has for some time been under a carpet.

Thefirst object of this invention is to strengthen the lining by sewing a woven fabric on the same, so that it can be freely handled before and after it has been used. Carpets are usually woven sufficiently loose to allow dust andfine' sand to pass through the same. Such dust and fine particles are held by the carpet-lining in contact with the carpet, and cause the same to wear out rapidly.

(No model.)

Another object of this invention is to allow such dust and fine particles to pass below the carpet into 7 the lining, and secure. sufficient strength in the lining to allow the same to be shaken and beaten to remove the dust and fine particles when the carpet is raised, and to reuse the lining in as good condition as when first put down. The carpet allowing the dust to pass through, and the lining receiving and holding the dust below the carpet, prevents the wear on the carpet caused by the dust when in contact with the same, and also pre vents the injury to the carpet caused by water when the carpet rests on the layer of dust. The carpet is cleaner, brighter, and will wear much longer.

In the drawings, A represents the sheet of paper, wider than the carpet-linin g and turned over the edges of the same.

B is the fibrous material forming a pad or cushion.

G is the sheet of paper placed over .the fibrous material, as shownin Figs 1 and 2, in place of which the fibrous material in Figs. 3 and 4 is glazed,which, although not as strong, answers the purpose of preventing the dust from e11- tering the fibrous material.

D is the loosely-woven fabric,which may be made of coarse yarn, both in the warp and weft;

or a coarse yarn may be used for the warp and finer for the weft or filling. The fabric is woven very open, in fact the threads may be used as much as onequarter inch apart, so as to form receptacles for the dust or other fine particles passing through the carpet. The whole, including the edges, is sewed together, as shown in Fig. 3; or the edges may be fastened by paste, as shown in Fig. 1.

This carpet-lining can be readily handled and stretched on the floor. It can be cut into pieces and still preserve its strength and die rability; and after it has been used it can be IOO The carpet-lining herein described, eonsistinclose the edges of the Whele, as herein set ing of the sheet of paper A, Wider than the forth. breadth of lining, the fibrous pad B, and the v r w T Woven fabric D, to form dust-receptacles, hav- HEM BY bTEARL 5 ing a sheet of paper, 0, between such woven Witnesses:

fabric and the fibrous material, and the edges J. A. MILLER, J r., of paper sheet A being folded over so as to HENRY J. MILLER. 

